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Peter Shilston's Golden Age of Gymnastics

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Many of you may remember Peter Shilston's work in the 1970s and 1980s for International Gymnast and The Gymnast magazine in the UK.  I know that for many years his articles provided a highlight for me.

Peter loves the Soviet gymnasts as much as I do, and has some pictures of his experiences reporting competitions and displays on his blog.    The gymnasts featured include Korbut, Grozdova, Yurchenko, Shaposhnikova, Filatova and many more.

Do take some time to explore Peter's blog- there are some good historical essays there, and if you scroll through far enough you will find a very funny story of his visit to the 1981 Moscow World Championships :-)
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  1. Anonymous22 May 2012 at 13:55

    wow without this article i certainly would never found such cool blog
    ha ha ha thanks
    Peter Shilston is interesting person just one small look on the list of blogs he usually read and content give him some credit

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